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The question on climate taxes is: who pays?

From
Barry Cash, Bristol, UK

Olive Heffernan says that leaders such as President Macron of France need to find some backbone, confronted with climate change and the ‘gilets jaunes‘ opposition to his tax rises (15 December 2018, p 26).

But why did Macron start by taxing the transport that the least well-off depend on? Surely it would be sensible to start by taxing those who are rich? For example, Lewis Hamilton is believed to be the richest UK-born sportsperson. He is reported to rent a £16.5 million private jet from his own Isle of Man company to receive a refund of £3.3 million in value added tax. …